After completing a wave of magic spirit exchanges, the most exciting moment of harvest inventory has arrived.

"Although we fell asleep right after entering the Kingdom of Heaven, but..." Ash opened the Aurora's Magician's Manual, "The Void Realm did not neglect our blessings."

"Death Mad Sword Princess"

「Human, Female, 18 years old」

"Bond level: 4 (75% experience sharing)"

"Silver Blessing·Carnival/Tyranny: Every time you defeat an enemy, the critical hit rate and critical hit damage will increase. Different characteristics can be triggered depending on the operator's training route."

"Golden Blessing·Shining Star/Moon Star: Each time you fight, your insight, willpower, and charm will increase. Different characteristics can be triggered depending on the operator's training route."

"Rainbow Blessing·Silence/Noise: Every time you win a game, your sword's magic skills will be strengthened."

"Extra Blessing Feature - Tranquility: Sword Princess hopes to keep her little happiness, live a quiet life, and become a little girl who is loved by others. This route triggers the 'Tranquility' special effect, which strengthens the triggering probability of Sword Flash. The calmer your daily life, the higher the degree of enhancement, up to 100% triggering probability (you can flash back all attacks that are not higher than your own limit)."

"Additional cursed feature: Noise: Sword Princess cannot stand a peaceful life and craves a stormy and adventurous life, becoming a partner that can be trusted. This route triggers the 'Noise' special effect, strengthening the upper limit of Sword Flash's power. The more thrilling the adventurous life, the higher the upper limit of the enhancement, up to the highest level of being able to go against the will of God (can flash back miracles)."

"Curse of Knowledge: Whirlpool Poison, Expulsion Poison, Golden Fish Poison, Bronze Dragon Poison, Concept Poison, Colorful Tail Poison, Colorless Dream Poison."

When Ash finished reading Sword Lady's new blessing, he looked up and saw that the latter had come close to him, looking at him with wide eyes.

"what?"

"Wait for you to tell me what the effect of my blessing is." Sonia said as a matter of course: "Anyway, you know my blessing better than I do."

Ash blinked, a little hesitant, and asked, "Do you know the sword flash?"

"Hey? How do you know I just mastered the Sword Flash?" The Sword Saint with Extended Claws was a little surprised: "This is a high-end skill that only Sword Saints can master. It does not rely on any magic spirits. It only relies on the sword and magic power to strengthen. It can break any magic spirit miracle, and even use the power of the miracle to strengthen its own swordsmanship and bounce it back."

"I just successfully performed Sword Flash not long ago, and I'm still a long way from mastering it. Unlike Professor Trozan, who can easily flash back some of the Two-Wing Miracles... Is your swordsmanship almost at the Saint level? I'll teach you."

I see... Ash looked at Sword Lady's Rainbow Blessing again. There is no doubt that the Tranquility Route is much stronger than the Noisy Route. After all, the former can achieve 100% flash counter, while the latter can flash counter miracles, but there is a probability problem.

More importantly, to counter a miracle, it means being attacked by an enemy above the level of a demigod. If you are attacked by a demigod enemy, what is the point of being able to counter a miracle once or twice?

From this point of view, the strengthening of different routes is also particular. In the quiet route, Sword Princess is unlikely to encounter any troubles, and any troubles can be solved by just Sword Flash; in the noisy route, Sword Princess will be in big trouble if she encounters troubles. If she is really attacked by a demigod, Sword Flash can give her enough time to raise her middle finger, so that her optimistic attitude can be passed on to future generations through the magician's manual.

Whether from the perspective of cost-effectiveness or selfishness, Ash hopes that Sword Princess will take the quiet route. After all, Sword Princess is now a legendary magician, and she has reached the pinnacle of her life - a few months ago, she didn't even dare to think about the sanctuary - what she needs to do next is not to continue to climb to the limit, but to maintain this advantage and enjoy life.

To put it bluntly, even if Sword Lady becomes a parasite who only eats and waits for death from now on, she is still a legendary parasite standing at the pinnacle of her life.

But Ash couldn't help but wonder, does Sword Princess really like the peaceful and luxurious life?

If it was Sword Princess a few months ago, there would definitely be no doubt about the answer, just like Ash a few months ago would not have any hesitation.

But now they have climbed to Ruby Mountain, inherited the Kingdom of a Thousand Wishes, and encountered all kinds of adventures. Even Ash, who regards retirement as the ultimate goal of his life, can't help but doubt whether he should strive again, just like you would want to increase your holdings when you see the fund has risen so much.

Being greedy and demanding is a normal human nature, and it is also a common bad trait among magicians.

While thinking hard, Ash found that Sword Princess was looking at him in confusion.

For some reason, he suddenly blurted out: "Sword Princess, I'm sorry."

"Huh?" Everyone - including the little fox spirit who was still listening to the howling of the earth - immediately looked at Ash.

Ash was also surprised at his own reaction, but since that was the case, he no longer concealed it: "In fact, I have never told you the true blessing..."

He told Sword Girl the contents of the silver, gold, and rainbow blessings, and said, "I only told you one of the routes out of my own considerations. Now that I think about it, my behavior was indeed not right."

Weisser said: "But you, the viewer, don't want to harm Jian Ji, you just want to help her make a better choice--"

“That’s definitely not true.”

On this point, Diya surprisingly did not stand on Ash's side and said seriously: "The viewer definitely has no bad intentions, but the choice should be made by Sword Princess, instead of only giving her one route and concealing important information that she should know."

Diya had been in a state of ignorance and concealment for more than ten years, imprisoned in a high tower. If she had not accidentally heard the secret of becoming a saint in armor, which gave her the idea of ​​escaping, she would have been Her Majesty Diyin now.

Therefore, she was extremely sensitive to concealment, and hated things like "arranging other people's lives". Even if Ash took the initiative to confess and had a good attitude, she still disliked Ash a little bit, and it would take at least a few days for her to recover.

Instead, the village girl in question also fell into deep thought. After thinking for a while, she asked, "The brutal route is similar to the carnival route. You only told me about the carnival route because..."

"I don't want you to be in a bad mood." Ash said, "I don't want to explore with a companion who is in a bad mood."

"But the Moon Star Route is obviously stronger than the Shining Star Route," Sonia asked, "Why did you only tell me about the Shining Star Route? And to you, isn't the Moon Star Route more..."

"Because I think that would be better for you." Ash said frankly: "You said that you want to be dazzling, want to be admired by everyone, want to be liked by everyone... Compared to being a Moon Star that revolves around others, it is obvious that becoming a Shining Star can better realize your life value."

"It's for my own good," Sonia narrowed her eyes slightly, "So you can help me make the decision?"

"I'm sorry." Ash apologized very sincerely.

"But why don't you help me make a decision this time, and tell me about the past?" Sonia asked, "As long as you don't tell me, I will definitely not know."

Ash was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "I don't know either."

"If I have to say it, maybe it's because I subconsciously feel that I have an obligation to protect you."

"Not only you, but also the witch and Weisser. I can conjure a boat in the sea of ​​knowledge, drive a sports car in the continent of time, and summon the treasure house in dreams in the distant space. I can also gather you all... I am too important. Even if you are stronger than me in combat, I still feel that I am your guardian. I organize you, lead you, and protect you."

"Helping you choose the blessing route is what I consider a form of protection."

Weisser stared at Ash. She vaguely realized that what was about to happen was probably something she didn't want to hear, but she still asked, "So if you confess now, does that mean you have given up the idea of ​​protecting him?"

"Yes." Ash said, "In the dream paradise, we couldn't communicate normally, were separated to perform different tasks, and were threatened with death... I certainly played an important role in this adventure, but your achievements were no less than mine. Therefore, I completely understand that whether in terms of strength, will or determination, you are not inferior to me, and even far surpass me. In fact, you are already protecting me."

"It may sound arrogant to say this, but it seems that this is the only way to accurately express my feelings." Ash said: "You have earned my respect."

The direction of air flow has changed.

Weisser lowered her head and looked at the ground. She could feel that the atmosphere of the team had changed a little. Although the overall combat power of the team would not be improved much, everyone's mood had changed.

Before, the relationship between Sword Lady, Witch Lady and Ash was basically half love and half friendship, with trust mixed with dependence. But now, a kind of emotion different from love and friendship, but more able to connect everyone and completely unite the team, is quietly nurturing, and will quickly sprout and grow into a towering tree.

That was the feeling that Weisser had always longed for.

It is the ** that she can never get in reality.

"Write it down this time." Sonia crossed her arms over her chest: "If I find out you're hiding something from me next time... humph."

"Oh right." Diya suddenly thought of something: "Is Sword Princess taking the Yaoxing route now?"

Ash and Sonia's expressions suddenly became strange.